Fiddle 2009: 13th - 15th November 2009
The Youth Gaitherin Runs Workshops and events as part of Scotland`s annual Fiddle Festival. At the Fiddle Festival this year, we are very pleased to offer workshops with some of Scotland's best traditional musicians...
Workshops
YG1: Fiddle - AdvancedFor players with 5 or more years experience. The workshop will focus on style, ornamentation and bowing. |
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Paul Anderson Already something of a legend in the time honoured fiddle tradition of Scotland; Paul Anderson is the finest fiddlers of his generation and is the master of the Norh East Style. He won most of the traditional fiddle championships in Scotland including Scotland’s premier fiddling event, the Glenfiddich Scottish fiddle championship. Paul is a regular on Scottish T.V and radio, Paul has toured extensively and recorded eight solo albums and over forty albums with artists like Pallas, Rock Salt and Nails, The Cutting Edge and the Banchory Strathspey and Reel Society. Saturday 14th November 2009, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
YG2: Fiddle – Beginners - FULLFor players with less than 2 years experience. An introduction to Scottish fiddle tunes and learning by ear. |
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Mike Vass Hailing from Nairn in the NE of Scotland, Mike first learned the fiddle at school and was subsequently taught by Ian Hardie (also from Nairn). Mike has competed successfully throughout Scotland including winning two Mod gold medals. Mike has been invited to adjudicate at music competitions including two at Keith Folk Festival and also regularly teaches fiddle throughout Scotland with the Feis movement. Mike has been gigging in Scotland for the best part of a decade, appearing at Celtic Connections, the Fringe, Eden Court Theatre Inverness, Bute Folk Festival, Albert Hall Stirling, The Tron Theatre Glasgow, Hootannany Inverness among others. He was a finalist at the BBC Young Trad Musician awards 2005 and 2006. Saturday 14th November 2009, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
YG3: Fiddle - Improving Beginners - FULLFor players with 2-3 years experience. Tunes taught slowly by ear, with bowing and harmony. |
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Anna Massie Anna Massie was the winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2003 Award. A talented multi-instrumentalist, she excels in playing the fiddle, mandolin and tenor banjo. Though perhaps most impressive is her guitar playing - equally at home either accompanying in her unique rhythmic style or flatpicking tunes, Massie’s dexterity shines through. She has performed twice at the Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton. As well as solo performances, Anna also formed the Anna Massie Band – a trio featuring the impressive guitar and vocal talents of Jenn Butterworth and the outstanding accordion and border pipe playing of Mairearad Green. With performances at Celtic Connections, Shetland, Orkney, Hebridean Celtic and Tønder festivals, this year has seen these talented young women’s careers go from strength to strength. Saturday 14th November 2009, 11:30 AM - 13:00 PM |
YG4: Fiddle – AdvancedFor players with 5 or more years experience. Learn different tunes from around the world. |
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Greg Lawson Greg Lawson, comes originally from County Durham, where he grew up playing folk fiddle. Subsequently he took up classical violin and was a star student at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He has played in a number of principal positions in a number of Scottish orchestras and is currently principal second violin in the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He is perhaps better known to many as the fiddle player in the Klezmer super-group Moishe’s Bagel and the folk orchestra Mr McFall’s Chamber. Saturday 14th November 2009, 12:00 PM - 13:30 PM |
YG5: Mixed Instrument - FULLAll instruments welcome! For players with 3 or more years experience. Learn some great tunes and arrangements. |
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Simon Thoumire Simon is a virtuoso concertina player, piper and composer and is a director of both Footstompin Records and Hands up for Trad. Simon is constantly encouraging young people to take an interest in their heritage through traditional music, Simon and has been involved with all of the major providers of workshops including The Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin, The Edinburgh Feis, Feis Rois, Folkworks, Comhaltas, Glasgow, Celtic Connections Education Programme and Yehudi Menuin's Live Music Now. Through Hands Up for Trad, Simon funds and co-organises Tinto Summer School and his speciality is handing out life advice from the couch in the foyer. Saturday 14th November 2009, 12:00 PM - 14:00 PM |
YG6: Fiddle - IntermediateFor players with 4 or more years experience. Tunes taught by ear, looking at bowing, ornamentation and arrangement. |
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Lauren MacColl Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength. Taught through the summer schools of the Feisean movement in Ross-shire, Lauren was immersed in the rich and vibrant culture of her home area whilst brought up on a staple diet of Phil and Aly tapes. In her relatively short career her playing has taken her far and wide, and to gig with, amongst others, Calum Stewart, Julie Fowlis, Finlay MacDonald Band, the late, legendary Calum Kennedy and Donald Shaw's Hogmanay Live Harvest band. While completing her studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Lauren received a Dewar Arts Award to fund the recording of her debut album, 'When Leaves Fall' released to critical acclaim on her own label in March 2007. Sunday 15th November 2009, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
YG7: Fiddle - Improving BeginnersFor players with 2-3 years experience. Tunes taught slowly by ear, with bowing and harmony. |
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Adam Sutherland Previously with Croft No. 5, Adam has now become a leading light in both Session A9 and The Peatbog Faeries. Adams roots lie in Highland music so expect tunes tales and general madness from one of Scotland`s finest young players. Sunday 15th November 2009, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
YG8: Fiddle - IntermediateFor players with 4 or more years experience. Tunes taught by ear, looking at bowing, ornamentation and arrangement. |
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Clare McLaughlin Clare's musical background lies in the dynamic cultural melting-pot of Glasgow, where she absorbed the tradition and learned the fiddle among the city's Irish community. Her widening experience of playing in sessions and at festivals coincided with the rising new wave of Scottish music in the run-up to devolution, and the inspiration she drew from this led to her joining Deaf Shepherd in 1994, a move she describes as the musical turning-point in her life. Clare's playing is renowned for both its joyously spirited attack and its expressive grace, vividly communicating her huge passion for the music. Sunday 15th November 2009, 14:00 PM - 15:30 PM |
Other Events
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EYG Session For all young musicians - come along and play your favourite tunes before heading upstairs to the final Stramash of the weekend. Sunday 15th November 2009, 16:00 PM - 17:00 PM |
A ticket for an EYG workshop costs £7. Admission to the talks and recitals is free if you have a ticket for an EYG workshop, or if you are under 12 and are accompanied by an adult. Admission to the ground floor stalls and sessions at the Fiddle Festival is free to all.
You will can book a ticket using our brand new on-line shop!
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